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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Praying for everyone

A
farm labourer with a sick wife, asked a Buddhist monk to say a series
of prayers. The priest began to pray, asking God to cure all those who
were ill. 'Just a moment,' said the farm labourer. 'I asked you to pray
for my wife and there you are praying for everyone who's ill.'

'I'm
praying for her too.' 'Yes, but you're praying for everyone. You might
end up helping my neighbour, who's also ill, and I don't even like him.'

'You
understand nothing about healing,' said the monk, moving off. 'By
praying for everyone, I am adding my prayers to those of the millions of
people who are also praying for their sick. Added together, those
voices reach God and benefit everyone. Separately, they lose their
strength and go nowhere.'